Ilya Mikheyev Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Veteran defensemen Michal Rozsival and Lubomir Visnovsky will attend training camp with the Chicago Blackhawks on professional tryouts as the team announced its training camp roster Wednesday. Also invited to camp were forwards Jake Dowell and Daniel Paille, and defensemen Kyle Cumiskey and Jan Hejda. Rozsival, who turned 37 on Sept. 3, helped the Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup in 2013 and 2015. Last season he had 13 points in 65 regular-season games and one assist in 10 Stanley Cup Playoff games. His season ended in Game 4 of the Western Conference Second Round against the Minnesota Wild when he fractured his left ankle. Visnovsky, 39, spent the previous three seasons with the New York Islanders. Last season he had five goals and 20 points in 53 regular-season games, and two assists in four Stanley Cup Playoffs games. Cumiskey, 29, split last season between the Blackhawks and the American Hockey League. He replaced Rozsival in the lineup and averaged 9:28 of ice time in nine playoff games. Hejda, 37, had 13 points in 31 games with the Colorado Avalanche last season. Paille, 31, had six goals and 13 points in 71 games with the Boston Bruins last season. He won the Stanley Cup with the Bruins in 2011 and helped them get back to the Cup Final in 2013, where they lost to the Blackhawks. Dowell, 30, had 15 points in 76 games with the Hamilton Bulldogs of the American Hockey League last season. He was a 2004 fifth-round pick (No. 140) of the Blackhawks and spent parts of four seasons with the Blackhawks. He's also played for the Dallas Stars and Minnesota Wild. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilya Mikheyev Posted September 16, 2015 Author Share Posted September 16, 2015 IMO: adding skill and experience to training camp is always a good idea. Bowman is a pretty good GM and clearly thinks so too at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonMexico Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 IMO: adding skill and experience to training camp is always a good idea. Bowman is a pretty good GM and clearly thinks so too at the moment. Is it though? What good is bringing in someone that isn't going to make the team most likely? These guys are mostly re-treads in a league that is gearing towards younger, cheaper options. The notion that they are there to push the youngsters is passe too. If you need a moldy old vet to push you, then I question your motivation to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ilya Mikheyev Posted September 16, 2015 Author Share Posted September 16, 2015 Is it though? What good is bringing in someone that isn't going to make the team most likely? These guys are mostly re-treads in a league that is gearing towards younger, cheaper options. The notion that they are there to push the youngsters is passe too. If you need a moldy old vet to push you, then I question your motivation to play. If it's sooo passe, why is Bowman doing it? 1. It's heightens the skill at training camp. 2. It can heightens depth in the pre-season. 3. Having a diversity of experienced NHLers around new players gives them more insight to the league. 4. Different skillsets help different players emerge. 5. Having inner training camp competition pushes players to play their hardest for a spot, which shows the team's potential. 6. Having inner training camp competition can energize teams to start the year strong (think of 2010-2011 when Schaefer, Bolduc, Rypien, and Morrison and others were fighting for the 4th line C job). 7. A GM may not have a close enough look at a player that could end up fitting in really well if given a PTO. 8. If vets are desperate for a PTO, and a GM gives him one, he can build relationships with agents. 9. If anyone gets injured during training camp, there's back-up. That's some reasons off the top of my head anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonMexico Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 If it's sooo passe, why is Bowman doing it? 1. It's heightens the skill at training camp. 2. It can heightens depth in the pre-season. 3. Having a diversity of experienced NHLers around new players gives them more insight to the league. 4. Different skillsets help different players emerge. 5. Having inner training camp competition pushes players to play their hardest for a spot, which shows the team's potential. 6. Having inner training camp competition can energize teams to start the year strong (think of 2010-2011 when Schaefer, Bolduc, Rypien, and Morrison and others were fighting for the 4th line C job). 7. A GM may not have a close enough look at a player that could end up fitting in really well if given a PTO. 8. If vets are desperate for a PTO, and a GM gives him one, he can build relationships with agents. 9. If anyone gets injured during training camp, there's back-up. That's some reasons off the top of my head anyway. Bowman must be the most cutting edge genius GM around having all these PTOs to get the most out of his team. He must know something about PTOs that no other GM does. Since they have no cap room, none of them will make it. If it anything, it just seems like a gesture of goodwill....like feel good stories. Most of them are expired milk. All the reasons you list above are barely factors to me. You make it seem like the guys on the Hawks need pushing when in reality, most of them have won a Cup. They know more about winning than any of these walk-ons. I am not saying you are wrong. PTOs may do all of the above but I think you are overstating the effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Another thing I like about these PTOs is that it gives these veterans a better chance of landing a spot - even if it's not with the club giving them the tryout. They get in better game shape and perhaps seen by opposing clubs in preseason if they get some ice time....If a vet is wanting to earn a contract it's better to have one foot in somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Surfer Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Another thing I like about these PTOs is that it gives these veterans a better chance of landing a spot - even if it's not with the club giving them the tryout. They get in better game shape and perhaps seen by opposing clubs in preseason if they get some ice time....If a vet is wanting to earn a contract it's better to have one foot in somewhere. That's very fair. I recall Brendan Morrison landing with Calgary after doing a PTO here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cripplereh Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 hmmm wonder if they will sign dirt cheap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apple Juice Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 If Rozsival signs with the Hawks, it'd be for cheap and IIRC, a lot of Hawks fans didn't like Rozsival on the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 If Rozsival signs with the Hawks, it'd be for cheap and IIRC, a lot of Hawks fans didn't like Rozsival on the team. They already signed Roszival for 600k. http://www.ibtimes.com/nhl-news-chicago-blackhawks-michal-rozsival-agree-one-year-deal-2107436 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coryberg Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 They already signed Roszival for 600k. http://www.ibtimes.com/nhl-news-chicago-blackhawks-michal-rozsival-agree-one-year-deal-2107436 "Literally, I didn't even think how much my contract would be worth," Haha ya don't say! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownUndaCanuck Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Got nothing to lose really, and on the plus-side they'll all be cheap rentals until their kids are ready to truly take the reins. Bowman knows he's working with a patch-work team now and he's still making sure they're competitive with a bunch of random rookies/sophmores and veteran PTOs. Just shows how important a good core 2 centers, 2 wingers, 2 star defencemen and a goalie is to your team. You can literally throw together any other bunch of players and the team will be a contender with that sort of core. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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